Question

Use the distributive property to write two equivalent expressions for 6 x 53

Answer 1

a. (6 * 50) + (6 * 3)

b. (6 * 40) + (6 * 13)

Explanation:

Here, we want to use the distributive property to write equivalent expression .

We can have the given expression as follows;

6 * ( 50 + 3) = (6 * 50) + (6 * 3)

Furthermore, we can write the expression as;

6 * (40 + 13) = (6 * 40) + (6 * 13)